Ubuntu 18.04 gnome desktop: all icons, font for all application is very small

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In my newly installed ubuntu 18.04 I have all the icons and fonts for all applications are extremely small. For example, below is a screenshot from my pinta application, tools section I can hardly see whats in there. How can I make it normal for all applications.

Does this answer your question? How do I scale the enormously sized desktop icons on Ubuntu 18.04? — graham, Sep 05 '20 at 09:38
@User24601 not at all related! This is a HighDPI issue, where GTK2 applications do not play well. — vanadium, Sep 05 '20 at 10:17
Provide information on your screen resolution. Also indicate precisely which applications are affected, and which not. My guess is that you are having a high resolution display. Depending on the toolkit of the application, it may not play well on HighDPI displays. — vanadium, Sep 05 '20 at 10:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '20 at 09:53

You may use (GNOME) Tweaks to adjust font sizes of various elements. First install Tweaks by running

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

(or sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool).

Then launch Tweaks and go to the Fonts section, you'll get the options to change font sizes.

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Ubuntu 18.04 gnome desktop: all icons, font for all application is very small

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